Monthly Archives: June 2005

Game Day 06/09/2005

Game #1

Rette Sich Wer Kann

Since we had six people, we decided to play this game. I started off with a horrible start by pulling a Susan. I am so used to playing one color that I initially voted for the wrong color and killed my guy off. Sigh.

Another problem with the current group of people is collusion. In this game is a husband and wife. The husband and myself were tied in votes and the wife gets to decide. The wife decides to kill me off even though I am in last place and she is competing with her husband. Sigh. And she lost to her husband.

Game #2

Wildlife

This is another game that we don’t play enough of. Since we had six people, we decided to play Wildlife since the game is good if there is an even an balanced distribution of players.

This game is all about causing scoring on your own turn to get the bonus. I was doing good for the first half of the game but was unable to cause scoring on my turn towards the end of the game. Jon was able to and consequently jumped past me in the score and won the game. Still a good game.

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One lane bridge

One lane bridge

During my bike ride today, I took a different route. About 7 kilometers out, I came across this rather unsafe looking bridge. First you have to determine who has right of way because only one car can fit on it at once. Next, you have to be careful to cross it since there is no guard rail. Try doing this drunk, at night, and driving 80 miles per hour.

As you might be able to see, there is not a thing around me except empty land and fences.

Gas pipeline

Oh yeah, and a gas pipeline. Does a red, white, and blue painted fence post mean gas pipeline in the international usage?

Game Day 06/02/2005

Game #1

McMulti

Yah! I finally got to play McMulti! A game that I have owned for a while. Adam taught the rules to us since he had played the game last Saturday.

This is a game where you invest in the oil and gas market. You have a 6×6 board where you place Oil drills, Oil pumps, Oil refineries, and Gas Stations. Each side of the board corresponds to one die that you roll. We played a house rule where you rolled 3 and chose 2. After choosing you can activate the components that lay along the row and column of the grid. The component that is on the intersection is doubly activated, or, in the case of the Oil drill, allowed to be turned into a Oil pump. There are four markets in the game two for oil and two for gas; and two for local and two for international. You can buy and sell the oil/gas. If a Gas station is activated, then you can sell in the center market area. When doubles are rolled naturally, then the prices of the components change either up or down and the center market is reset. Play continues until someone accumulates 1000 dollars.

Since this is a dice game, we were subjected to the vagaries of the rolls. In this game, we must of went 30 rolls without rolling doubles. When this happens, the game does not progress much at all. Oh well, another house rule is needed!

Game #2

Easy Come Easy Go

Because we were subjected to the whims of the dice, we chose to play another dice game twice. Huh? In this game, you at least have some control over your fate. You lock in dice and re-roll the unlocked dice until you make a goal or are unable to roll further.

I was a nice, quick, fun, easy, end to the night!